We were listening to Louis Prima today and I decided to do some research regarding him on the internet, and discovered that his wife, Gia, had passed away five days ago on September 23rd, 2013. Mrs Prima cared for her husband Louis until he died, after he was unsuccessfully operated upon for a brain-tumour. In the following years, Gia Maione Prima catalogued, preserved and re-released many of Louis Prima, the King of the Swing's songs.The pair had homes in New Orleans, whence Mr Prima hailed, and Las Vegas. Mrs Prima was originally from New Jersey, and had studied singing with an instructor at Princeton University.